Through education, religion, and culture we must inspire the American people and ourselves to rise above the all-consuming passion for ourselves. To infuse our democratic society with republican virtue, and live up, even if just a little, to the challenge Benjamin Franklin gave us so many Septembers ago.

At times it seems as if the term liberal has as many definitions as it does detractors and advocates. To help make sense of the confusion we asked some of our editors and advisors to provide their own definition of liberalism.

By debating and refining liberalism we hope to promote the very best of humanity.